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Joseph Joubert

Joseph Joubert

Joseph Joubert (7 May 1754 in Montignac, Périgord – 4 May 1824 in Paris) was a French moralist and essayist, remembered today largely for his Pensées (Thoughts), which was published posthumously.

Grace is in garments, in movements, in manners; beauty in the nude, and in forms. This is true of bodies; but when we speak of feelings, beauty is in their spirituality, and grace in their moderation.
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Love and fear. Everything the father of a family says must inspire one or the other.
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Imagination is the eye of the soul.
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He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet.
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One who has imagination without learning has wings without feet.
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A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.
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Only choose in marriage a man whom you would choose as a friend if he were a woman.
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You will find poetry nowhere unless you bring some of it with you.
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You will not find poetry anywhere unless you bring some of it with you.
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We must respect the past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to provide for the safety of the future.
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